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Viewing Album:  Black and White
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1990 - 6/15/1995
Album Info:For a time in the late 80's and 1990's, I was part of the Southern Tier Division of the RRE. We put out a newsletter, which in those days was done by pasting(literally) photos to an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper and copying as many as we needed for our mailing list. Since color copiers were expensive, we did ours on a standard Xerox type machine. For this effort, I took black and white photos on a sporadic basis. Here are some of the results.
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Bath & Hammondsport excursion
Title:  Bath & Hammondsport excursion
Description:  For a short while in the mid 1990s, Bath & Hammondsport ran public trips from Bath to Cohocton on the old DLW main. We see their S 1#5, a frequent participant in these trips, ready to go at Cohocton. The track condition was fairly good, considering the line had been cut as a through route not long after the EL merger, and probably had not had any serious maintenance after that. I rode a train as part of an RRE trip on the line about this time, and we made a good 35-40 MPH on some segments, and the ride was pretty good.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 3:13:15 AM
Location:  Cohocton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BH 5(S1)
Views:  248   Comments: 1
Flagging
Title:  Flagging
Description:  The Bath & Hammondsport excursion arrives at Cohocton as a brakie flags the crossing.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 4:11:59 AM
Location:  Cohocton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BH 5(S1)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
The runaround
Title:  The runaround
Description:  B&H 5 runs around its consist, and will couple to the east end in a moment, then head back to Bath.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 4:13:23 AM
Location:  Cohocton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BH 5(S1)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
Conference
Title:  Conference
Description:  The crew confers with the owner of the railroad-note the Mercedes next to the platform-before taking off for Cohocton. Theyll back out onto the main, then head west.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 5:01:10 AM
Location:  Bath, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BH 5(S1)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Onto the main
Title:  Onto the main
Description:  There were cars at the station used for a ticket office and concessions, so the train used a stub end approach for boarding and unloading. The run to Cohocton is making its departure, backing out onto the main. The brakie will line the switch, and theyll be off.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 5:03:51 AM
Location:  Bath, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BH 5(S1)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Ready to flag
Title:  Ready to flag
Description:  The brakeman comes down the steps as the run from Hammondsport rolls toward the station at Bath. Hell have to flag a crossing before they get to the station.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 5:07:58 AM
Location:  Bath, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BH 5(S1)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
Flagging over
Title:  Flagging over
Description:  The brakie is on the ground as the train hit the crossing.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 5:10:38 AM
Location:  Bath, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BH 5(S1)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
On the way
Title:  On the way
Description:  The train has completed its back out move and lined the switch normal, and now passes the stationary cars as it gets underway to Cohocton.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 5:12:48 AM
Location:  Bath, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BH 5(S1)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
New and old
Title:  New and old
Description:  CP Horn, once upon a time ZY on the EL, is getting new signals. The new boards Conrail will soon install are turned away, while the erstwhile Erie signals remain in service for a few more months. Once the line east of here is single tracked, the new signals will be cut in, and another vestige of the old order will be gone. In a nod to the old, two of the three units on the train are straight SD 40's.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/23/2018 6:09:20 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6268(SD40) CR 6308(SD40) CR 6513(SD40-2)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
In the grass
Title:  In the grass
Description:  A UNG coal train rolls east near Adrian, seen from River Road as it plows through the grass surrounding the tracks here.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/23/2018 6:16:30 AM
Location:  Adrian, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6268(SD40) CR 6308(SD40) CR 6513(SD40-2)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
Coal east
Title:  Coal east
Description:  An eastbound coal train rolls under the signal bridge at Silver Springs, about to pass the station as it heads for Portage Bridge and eventually Johnson City.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/23/2018 6:25:14 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6268(SD40) CR 6308(SD40) CR 6513(SD40-2)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
Unusual train and an Erie station
Title:  Unusual train and an Erie station
Description:  The X 2000 train rolls around the curve at Chemung, passing the now privately owned Erie station in the crook of the curve.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 4:24:59 AM
Location:  Chemung, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
X2000 at the north end
Title:  X2000 at the north end
Description:  The X2000 experimental train-the one that led to the Acela-rolls out the north end of East Binghamton behind a pair of Amtrak F 40s. It will shortly go onto CR at BD, heading west to Elmira.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 3:00:21 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
Arriving at the yard
Title:  Arriving at the yard
Description:  The X2000 train arrives at Terrace Drive, about to enter East Binghamton, where it will get a new crew for the trip west on the Tier.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 3:01:55 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Tier in the rain
Title:  Tier in the rain
Description:  Of course!! What else would the weather be for such an auspicious occasion?? Just another day of the Southern Tier Rainfest, which makes no exception for history.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 3:04:37 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
View from the road
Title:  View from the road
Description:  The chase road for most of my excursions close to home was NY 17C, which followed the tracks pretty closely from Binghamton to Waverly. We see the X2000 just east of Waverly, where the road is up on a hill. Its a good view, and theres even a semaphore.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 4:32:21 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
F 40 and a blade
Title:  F 40 and a blade
Description:  One of the more unlikely juxtapositions on the Tier, the X2000 trains F 40s pass a classic Erie semaphore in downtown Waverly. I'm standing on the site of the Erie station, demolished in a 1967 wreck.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 4:34:50 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
F 40 and OIBU
Title:  F 40 and OIBU
Description:  The tail end of OIBU is visible at right while the X2000 train waits for a signal east of Waverly. Note the old Erie "stoplight" signal at right. The signal is lit red, despite the top light being illuminated, the reverse of typical railroad practice.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 4:36:34 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Not a station stop
Title:  Not a station stop
Description:  But it would be cool if it were. The only thing is, the train would be at the ex DLW station on the adjacent line, and not likely at the old Erie freighthouse. Ironically, Im standing on the site of the Erie passenger station, which was razed shortly after Conrail startup in 1976. The X2000 train passes on its way to Elmira, looking like an Empire Service Southern Tier train, if there was such a thing.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 3:07:24 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3314(GP40-2) AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
X2000 smoking away
Title:  X2000 smoking away
Description:  The F 40s pulling the X2000 are smoking as they pick up speed out of the curve at Chemung.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 4:51:01 AM
Location:  Chemung, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
Pulling away
Title:  Pulling away
Description:  The X2000 pulls away from Terrace Dr as it makes its way through East Binghamton, the X2000 power car taking the rear.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 4:16:56 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Pulling away
Title:  Pulling away
Description:  The X2000 rolls west toward Chemung, having now met BUOI here at Waverly.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/31/2018 4:42:53 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Going west
Title:  Going west
Description:  The X2000 train pulls away after passing downtown Binghamton on its way west, the X2000 cab trailing, but looking good going away.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 5:29:13 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH) AMTK 380(F40PHR)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
Quality local
Title:  Quality local
Description:  WABH 11 has a CR Quality repaint GP 40-2 for its chores today. When I moved to the area in 1988, this job had almost always a GP 38 or B23-7. In a few years, the power was upgraded to a GP 40. When NS took over, they assigned a C40-9, then had to upgrade the track on the Vestal Spur, which only saw 4 motor power during Conrails reign. At right, in the "1" shirt, it fellow RRPA contributor Sam Botts.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 5:32:16 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3314(GP40-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
Fogged
Title:  Fogged
Description:  The day was gloomy enough, but that camera had a light leak, so the rear of this 53 car BUOI approaching MP 253 is a bit fogged.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 2/1/2018 4:49:05 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6106(C40-8W) CR 6414(SD40-2) CR 5044(B36-7)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
Rebuild in the corn
Title:  Rebuild in the corn
Description:  OIBU rolls west behind an SD 40 rebuild, a program Conrail used to extend the life of some of its older SD 40-2s. These were designated SD 40-2R, and carried 6900 series numbers.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 2/1/2018 5:01:51 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6974(SD40-2R) CR 6805(SD50) CR 6051(C40-8W)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Another day after work
Title:  Another day after work
Description:  I lived in Campville and worked in Owego, so followed the Tier home. It was only about seven miles, but often I found something. Today its OIBU, rolling west with a whopping 24 cars.
Photo Date:  7/27/1993  Upload Date: 2/1/2018 4:56:18 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6203(C40-8W) CR 6802(SD50)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Waiting it out
Title:  Waiting it out
Description:  A late summer trip to Silver Springs found some power in the yard, but nothing else going on. Some days are just dead. Note the overpass on the former B&O Rochester line crossing the Tier, now the Rochester & Southern, part of the Genesee & Wyoming empire.
Photo Date:  9/4/1993  Upload Date: 1/27/2018 6:11:46 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RSR 50(GP40-2)
Views:  276   Comments: 1
Making the money
Title:  Making the money
Description:  WABH 11 works at American Pipe and Plastics in Kirkwood, delivering the cars that make the railroad their revenue. We all love seeing the big main line trains, but without these guys handling the single cars to the customer, there are no big main line trains.
Photo Date:  9/13/1993  Upload Date: 2/7/2018 4:58:42 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3346(GP40-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Han Solo
Title:  Han Solo
Description:  These are not the stacks you are looking for. A solo GATX unit has train 252, about to become HAN 2 when the NYSW crew takes over, at QD. I don't recall if the Suskie added power to this train. If not, it was a long night on the Delaware Division for the crew.
Photo Date:  9/18/1993  Upload Date: 2/8/2018 4:53:17 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GATX 2003(SD40-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 1
Acid test
Title:  Acid test
Description:  Actually, by now, not a test, but a regular event. Southbound acid train 700 rolls 37 cars through BX with a guest star in the middle position. It will get a crew change at East Binghamton, then continue its trip to Baltimore.
Photo Date:  10/16/1993  Upload Date: 2/6/2018 5:13:41 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5566(SD40-2) DH 7312(GP38-2) CP 6043(SD40-2)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
Closer look
Title:  Closer look
Description:  A closer look at the power on 700, featuring D&H 7312, the B C OBrien.
Photo Date:  10/16/1993  Upload Date: 2/6/2018 5:16:41 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5566(SD40-2) DH 7312(GP38-2) CP 6044(SD40-2)
Views:  537   Comments: 0
BUOI with new power
Title:  BUOI with new power
Description:  The SD 60Ms were new when I caught this one working on BUOI at BD.
Photo Date:  10/16/1993  Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:03:38 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5522(SD60M) CR 6206(C40-8W)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
Gators west
Title:  Gators west
Description:  A 271 comes out of East Binghamton, about to gain the Southern Tier as it starts its journey to Buffalo behind a pair of Gators and an ex Guilford unit.
Photo Date:  10/16/1993  Upload Date: 2/8/2018 4:59:29 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GATX 2007(SD40-2) GATX 7360(SD40-2)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
TV 14
Title:  TV 14
Description:  Beacon Park bound TV 14 gets a good roll on with 100 TOFC behind its three GEs and a lond SD 60M along Kirkville Rd.
Photo Date:  11/26/1993  Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:12:24 AM
Location:  Kirkville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6193(C40-8W) CR 6216(C40-8W) CR 6224(C40-8W) CR 5572(SD60M)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
All the way from Nebraska
Title:  All the way from Nebraska
Description:  A mixed EMD-GE duo leads 95 cars of NPSE through the Utica station. The train originated on UP in North Platte, and frequently got UP and CNW power through to Selkirk, though usually not when I saw it.
Photo Date:  11/26/1993  Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:35:34 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6823(SD50) CR 6093(C40-8W)
Views:  346   Comments: 1
Off the Tier
Title:  Off the Tier
Description:  CP train 276 sits at QD, waiting to open up and go onto the Buffalo Runner to reach the D&H on a cold snowy day.
Photo Date:  1/9/1994  Upload Date: 2/6/2018 4:59:29 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5521(SD40) CP 5798(SD40-2)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
553 with Gators
Title:  553 with Gators
Description:  A set of GATX lease units(Gators, as we affectionately knew them) comes over the bridge from East Binghamton and will shortly cross over Conrail and head north.
Photo Date:  1/9/1994  Upload Date: 2/8/2018 4:50:58 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  GATX 2002(SD40-2) CP 3254(SD40-2) DH 7309(GP38-2)
Views:  472   Comments: 1
Deep cold
Title:  Deep cold
Description:  It was deep snow and deep cold this day in January, temperatures in the teens, as was the depth of the snow pack. Does that keep me in?? Dont be silly. There are trains to chase. In this case, its BH 1 with a three builder consist, heading north up the connection from the D&H that was built as part of the Bevier St improvement, where the D&H bridges were raised to allow standard 136" trailers, and the ex DLW bridge used by the NYSW was removed in favor of the new connection.
Photo Date:  1/9/1994  Upload Date: 2/8/2018 5:03:02 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1804(GP18) NYSW 3000(C430) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  121   Comments: 1
Watching the show
Title:  Watching the show
Description:  The Owego & Harford was hard for me to catch, as it seemed to be a morning show several days a week, the scheduke driven by gas cars and excursion trains. Thus, there was no one working when the CP delivered their cars. RS 18 1801 looks on as the gas cars are set off near the Owego station.
Photo Date:  1/17/2018  Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:11:07 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 1801(RS18) CSX 8315(SD40)
Views:  514   Comments: 0

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